How Many People Really Have Food Allergies?

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Samhain is a pagan holiday -- celebrated between the fall equinox and winter solstice -- that helped form modern, secular Halloween celebrations. Learn about Samhain in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holid ...  Show more

These days it can feel like anyone can be allergic to anything– with sensitivities ranging from common allergies to certain foods and animals to more unusual things, like semen or the chemicals used to treat leather. But is that true–ARE we becoming more allergic to things? What ...  Show more

Allergies can often be confusing and to help make sense of it all, Professor Mimi Tang joins host Felicity Harley to chat about common types and the difference between allergies and food intolerances.  WANT MORE FROM MIMI? To hear today's full interview, where she discusses how t ...  Show more

In this week's SYSK Select episode, about 30-40 percent of humans suffer from some sort of allergy. The big joke, though, is that every sufferer is the victim of mistaken identity. Allergies are the result of a hypersensitive immune system mistaking a harmless protein for a fo ...